On April 24, Beijing time, the NBA officially announced the referee report of the 76ers and Knicks G2 in the last 2 minutes, with a total of 4 mistakes and omissions, missing Maxey was pulled on his jersey + pushed down, Philadelphia lost too unjustly, no wonder Embiid scolded the referee after the game.
At 1 minute and 14 seconds in the fourth quarter, Anunoby stayed in his own restricted area for more than 3 seconds without actively defending opposing players, which was a leaky three-second defensive violation, the Knicks profited, and the 76ers suffered.
With 34.7 seconds left in the final quarter, Embiid reached out and hit DiVincenzo in the face while defending, which affected Divin's dribbling and should have been whistled for a foul on Embiid.
In the 27th second of the fourth quarter, when the 76ers served from the baseline, Brunson pulled Maxey's jersey, which affected Maxey to receive the ball, and Brunson should be whistled for a defensive foul;
At that time, the 76ers led by two points at 101-99, and if Maxey hit both free throws, the 76ers had a good chance of winning G2.
The referee's report also showed that at the critical moment, Maxey's action of pushing Hart away before receiving the ball did not constitute a foul, Nas called a timeout, but the referee did not give it, so the 76ers suffered three consecutive big losses in a key round, due to the referee's unfair blowing, DiVincenzo hit a three-point quasi-kill, and finally the 76ers lost, and the total score was 0-2 behind and fell into a desperate situation.
At the moment of life and death, Maxey was fouled twice and was missed by the referee, and the 76ers lost too unjustly, for the referee's decision, Embiid once scolded the referee, saying: Everyone on our court is trying to call a timeout, including Nas off the court, but they didn't give us a whistle. Forget about the timeout, but a lot of fouls are not blown, and it is unacceptable.
Embiid also said: Maxi did what he had to do. This is a problem for the Union. This is the NBA. Those damn referees have the final say. I hate to let them decide the game. I'm sure the referee's report will come out in the last two minutes, so let's see what it looks like.
The 76ers reportedly plan to appeal the two-game penalty to the NBA.
In NBA playoff history, when one side is down 0-2, the final series is 33-416, with a 7.3% chance of advancement, and when the 76ers are down 0-2 in seven series, their final series record is 0-14, in other words, the 76ers have been eliminated from the tournament 14 times in their history after falling behind 0-2.